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Pancreatic Biopsy

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Interventional Radiology Procedures in Biopsy and Drainage

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28,000 deaths of pancreatic cancer annually in the USA. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death and accounts for 2–3% of all cancers in the USA. Majority of adenocarcinomas occur in the head of the gland. Early lymphatic and hematogeneous spread. Obstructive jaundice, atypical epigastric and/or back pain, weight loss, cholangitis, and pancreatitis. Prognosis is poor with 5-year survival <5%. Functioning islet cell tumors present with distinct clinical syndromes (insulinoma with hypoglycemia, gastrinoma with peptic ulcers, glycagonoma with diabetes, VIPoma with watery diarrhea).

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  1. Radiology Department, Patras University Hospital, School of Medicine, Patras, Greece

    Konstantinos Katsanos

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  1. Radiology Department, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Debra A. Gervais

  2. Dept. Radiology, Div. Abdominal Imaging &, Massachusetts General Hospital, Fruit St. 55, Boston, 02114, Massachusetts, USA

    Tarun Sabharwal

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Katsanos, K. (2010). Pancreatic Biopsy. In: Gervais, D., Sabharwal, T. (eds) Interventional Radiology Procedures in Biopsy and Drainage. Techniques in Interventional Radiology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-899-1_8

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